Rugsville Millenia Vegetable Dyes Wool 10186 Carpet

The loom is the oldest computer. It holds a programme of warp and weft and lets the weaver assemble a picture one knot at a time. The natural composition here was drafted on graph paper, scaled to the loom, and tied row by row over months.

3 weavers shared the loom for 6 months. 1.4 million hand-tied asymmetric knots, each one set against a vertical beam by feel rather than by counting. The pile is hand-spun wool, chosen for its long staple and its ability to hold vegetable dye to deep saturation without losing the slight tonal variation that gives a hand-knotted rug its patina. The foundation is cotton, which holds the rug flat and square through decades of use.

The composition

The natural ground carries the persian drawing without competing with it. The colour is not flat. Hand-spun yarn dyed in small lots produces faint horizontal banding called abrash, the signature of weaving made in batches rather than runs. Over the next decade the saturation will settle, the lighter passages will warm, and the rug will read as a single matured surface rather than a new object.

What you are buying

An entry point to collecting hand-knotted work, made on the same loom and with the same knot structure as pieces five times the price. 3 weavers, 6 months, 1.4 million knots. The wool develops patina with use, which is the signature distinction between a hand-knotted rug and a printed or tufted one.

The piece in a room

size as listed settles into a dining or sitting arrangement where the rug shows on all four sides of the furniture above it. The natural field warms the room under low evening light and reads cool under daylight. Direct sun helps the dyes mature; the colour you see now is the start of a long change.

Conservation

Vacuum on suction, no beater bar. Rotate twice a year. Blot, never rub, when something spills. Have the rug professionally hand-cleaned every five to seven years by a conservator who knows wool. A hand-knotted rug looked after this way is the only object on your floor that gains value with age.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted New Zealand wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Knot density: ~120 KPSI
• Total knot count: ~1.4 million
• Hands: 3 weavers, 6 months
• Pile: 10 mm
• Dye: vegetable-dyed (madder, indigo, walnut hull)
• Origin: India

Free delivery across India. Cash on delivery available. 7-day exchange. Arrives rolled and wrapped for protection.